Marian Velicu (4 July 1977 – 10 July 2024) was a Romanian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. A year later he captured the silver medal in the same weight division at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast.
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| Born | 4 July 1977 Comana, Giurgiu, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 July 2024 (aged 47) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Velicu represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Light Flyweight division by Cuba's eventual bronze medalist Maikro Romero.
Velicu died on 10 July 2024, at the age of 47.[1]
References
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editMarian Velicu at Olympedia (archive)
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